(a)

When Fang Zhenhai asked, "What do you think of this battle?" all eyes looked at Wei Changfeng again.

Wei Changfeng felt uncomfortable all over his body.

What is this for? I alone can only represent my own opinions, generals, you can say your own opinions, don't point fingers at me......

"General Weiya, you're talking!" Ma Yong urged.

Wei Changfeng could only smile bitterly.

Yes, it seems that he is a full-time strategist. No way, who let him have so many schemes before? And this time, he was really well prepared. In the past few days, he has been idle on the raft, and he has already considered all kinds of operational plans of the Donghu army, and he has also seriously thought about countermeasures, not only figured it out, but also drew a picture.

It was also because he had to deal with the three cities of Dongfeng, Xifeng and Liaoyuan at the same time in this battle, and because he had enough time this time, so his strategy this time was really complicated enough. How complicated is it? The complicated Ma Yong had to ask for pen and paper and write down Wei Changfeng's strategies one by one, and then he could do them in order.

No one has any objections, and no one has any doubts. In fact, Wei Changfeng clearly saw that a few generals wanted to ask something, but in the end he didn't open his mouth. Not only did no one have any doubts, but General Fang made a pre-war mobilization: "The Donghu army has been damaged in battle before, and this time the mobilization of 70,000 people to defend here is the limit of their ability to mobilize, and the significance of this battle is extremely significant. So, you have to do your best and act according to the strategy of the guard! ”

Wei Changfeng felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavier than Mount Tai.

According to General Fang, who is also the idea of the generals, as long as he acts according to his strategy, he will definitely win, so if he wants to win, he must act according to his strategy. But what if it fails? What if his plan doesn't work? Pinning all hopes on him alone, this kind of pressure is not something that ordinary people can bear. What's more, Wei Changfeng is a human being, not a god, how can he guarantee that his plan will be feasible? And how can you guarantee that you will win if you act according to your plan?

He decided to find an opportunity to have a good talk with General Fang. At least, he can't afford the burden of hope for the whole country, as he is now.

However, now is not the time, because the generals have already hurriedly received orders and arranged according to Wei Changfeng's strategy.

Three days later, the fixed shift time, Xifeng, Donghu tent. Gro was worried.

He regretted that he had been impulsive. Previously, in order to gag other people's mouths and prevent people from laughing at him behind his back, he promoted Mowuer to the rank of commander of ten thousand miles, and a few days ago specially appointed Mowuer as the commander of Dongfeng, to show that he Gelu did not think that defeat was a shame, and he did not think that Age's subordinates were not loyal to the king, but now he regretted it.

Because Moyghur is really hard to manage.

He asked Moyhur to retreat into the city and refuse to defend the city, but Moygur repeatedly objected, saying that Donghu's strength was cavalry rather than defending the city, and the problem was that he had repeatedly carried forward this advantage before, and he was defeated again and again? This time, Gelu was determined to defend the city, not seeking merit but seeking no fault, defending the city, and no longer allowing the Han army to move forward is victory. But Moyer reluctantly retreated into the city until he became angry and ordered that if he did not do anything more than he demanded, he would be punished as a rebellion.

He thought that the problem had finally been solved, but just now, Moygur sent someone to send an official letter, requesting that all the military forces of Dongfeng, Xifeng, and Liaoyuan be gathered, and the empty city should come out and fight to the death with the Han army, claiming that with 70,000 cavalry against 100,000 infantry, there was a chance of victory.

Well, Gru did believe that before.

However, in the previous battles, which time was not so "winning"? But when was it not a big defeat? He only has these 70,000 people in his hands now, which is the result of even the mobilization of the guards of the royal city, once there is a mistake, the entire Donghu will be destroyed. How dare he take any more casual risks? So this time, he was determined to come out of the turtle and defend it to the end. Anyway, if you Han people want to attack us, we can win if we can defend this place now.

However, how to convince Moyghur? Or simply withdraw the Moyghur? It's just that he had already appeased his subordinates by promoting Moygur before, and now he has withdrawn Moygur, but what do his subordinates think?

He sighed, picked up the pen, and thought for a long time before he approved a sentence on Moyur's official document: "The code wins, the attack is dangerous, and it is better to defend the victory than to be in danger." ”

"Someone!" He shouted, intending to have the official document delivered to Moyur.

A herald burst in and pounced in front of Gelu.

"What are you doing?!" Gelu was a little angry, "Do you understand politeness?" ”

The herald did not answer the question of politeness, but shouted: "King Daxian, the Han army has arrived in the city!" ”

Gelu was taken aback, and then realized that this herald was not called to deliver the official letter, but to report an emergency!

"Blow the horn!" He immediately gave the order, "The whole army goes up to the city to defend!" ”

(2) At night, the Han army had arrived at the foot of Xifeng City. Countless torches flickered, illuminating the city as if it were day. The banners of 100,000 troops were neatly arranged under the city.

Fang Zhenhai spread his legs and stood steadily two miles away from the city, he looked at Xifeng City and smiled.

A Donghu people who grew up on horseback defended the city, and let the Han army attack the city? What are you kidding, he is not Zhu Ling, Gelu, this time you are wrong, very wrong, let you see what the Han army is good at!

"Beat the drums!" He ordered.

Knock, knock, knock......

The drums beat loudly. The Han army began to attack the city.

Rows of siege engines approached first.

These siege vehicles are different from those that have been built over the years, they are simple, except that they are cut down for pillars and cut for protection, and a hundred people can build two in a day. Although it looks very simple on the outside, it is not bad in terms of function at all. The big shield instead of the cowhide to protect the enemy tower on the car, several bamboo tubes to draw water and erect at the four corners to prevent rockets, the personnel hide behind the big shield of the enemy building, attack the enemy on the city with a strong bow, when approaching the city wall, with a hook, a long ladder to grab the city wall, with a spear support, personnel can go straight to the city wall from the long ladder.

"With rockets!" When Gelu saw the siege engine appear, he immediately gave the order.

However, he didn't know that the entire siege vehicle had been flooded, and there were bamboo tubes to draw water, and it was really difficult to ignite it with rockets.

The siege vehicle braved the rocket to continue to approach, it was close to a distance of several zhang, the Han soldiers on the siege vehicle and the Donghu soldiers on the city were shooting, but the siege vehicle was protected on all sides, and the Donghu soldiers on the city wall only had the wall battlements for protection, compared to the Donghu soldiers suffered a loss, fortunately, the number of Donghu soldiers on the city wall far exceeded the Han soldiers on the siege vehicle, so it was also evenly matched, but the attack on the city could not stop the siege vehicle from approaching.

"Short knife hand ready!" Seeing that he could not stop the siege caravans approaching, Gru immediately ordered the daggers to gather at the point where the siege caravans were approaching. Since it can't be stopped, let it come, and if the Han army dares to force its way to the city, it will attack with short knives.

The siege vehicle did not approach the city wall, but was still a few zhang away, continuing to shoot at the Donghu army.

Tom tom! Suddenly, there was a loud drum sound.

Whoosh, whoosh! Hundreds of stones were thrown into the city.

These stones are not big, the big ones are only the size of square bricks, and the small ones are only the size of fists, so you don't need to use any big stone machine, as long as three or five people, you can shoot high and far with a big slingshot.

Originally, these stones should not be very harmful, because they are too small, and the soldiers who defend the city are wearing armor. However, at this time, these stones were thrown in a concentrated way towards the part of the city wall directly opposite the siege engine, and so many stones were thrown at once in this square inch of land, and those short swordsmen in light armor were unlucky.

These short knife men are light armor on their bodies, there is no shield in their hands, they are completely prepared to fight hand-to-hand with the soldiers who ascend the city, but they did not think that the soldiers of the Han army can go to the city at any time but do not go to the city, but the stone rain fell from the sky, and for a time the short knife hands were smashed and the ghosts cried wolf, and many people either broke their heads and blood, or broke their bones and tendons.

"Shield, shield!" Gru shouted as he hid under the makeshift shield of the guards.

A group of heavy shieldmen hurried up. These heavy shields are rarely used, the shield is made of thin iron, lined with cowhide, ordinary swords can not be broken at all, the edge of the heavy shield has some regular concave and convex, several heavy shields can be locked with each other. Once it is necessary to set up camp for protection, these soldiers wearing heavy armor and holding heavy shields will be protected by heavy shields in batches.

Because the short knife hand did not dare to retreat now, for fear that the Han army on the siege vehicle would attack the city, but it could not block the stones, this was the time for the heavy shield to play a role, so Gelu decisively ordered the heavy shield.

The heavy shieldmen rushed to the front, quickly raised their shields, and immediately locked the heavy shields into each other according to their usual training. In this way, the stone will not be able to hit the head of the daggler.

But the Han army didn't seem to stop throwing stones, they still kept throwing, and the throwing points were more dense, and the stones smashed heavy shields, which should be loud.

Gelu sneered: "Useless work! ”

Yes, in the Han army and the Donghu army, there must be one side doing useless work. Soon Gelu knew who was on this side of the road.

Stones piled up quickly on the heavy shield. Originally, due to the extremely heavy weight of the shield, the heavy shield was held by two people for every two people, and now it was really difficult to lift it to protect each other, plus the weight of the stones, the heavy shield hands were a little unbearable after a while. The entire shield wall began to sink little by little. Because the heavy shields are locked with each other, the soldiers under one heavy shield can't support it, which will drive the entire heavy shield wall downward, and as a result, this heavy shield tactic, which has played a major role countless times, has become the worst choice this time.

There was a sudden scream from under the heavy shield. A Donghu soldier was crushed by a heavy shield and broke his bones on the spot and fell directly to the ground.

This became the beginning of the whole shield wall disaster.

In the blink of an eye, this shield sank rapidly, pulling several shields around it to sink together, several screams in a row, several heavy shield hands fell to the ground, the entire shield wall collapsed at once, there was a howl under the shield wall, many people were crushed to death, and some people even had their intestines flowed out.